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19 defect from Uganda's LRA rebel group - 0 Comments

KAMPALA, Uganda — The Lord's Resistance Army has suffered its biggest defection in years after 19 members surrendered to an advocacy group and African Union troops hunting the insurgents in the Central African Republic, the advocacy group said.

Invisible Children said in a statement late Tuesday the LRA members approached a civilian fishing on a riverbank near the village of Tabane in southeastern Central African Republic on Dec. 6 with their weapons raised above their heads.

The fisherman contacted the advocacy group who took them in, the statement said.